Our psychological horror film Machination is now streaming on YouTube through horror channel Watch Movies Now. There’s already been 13k views on the film and some great and positive comments, so check out what the fuss is about and watch Machination free on Youtube here.
Machination Now on Amazon
Our psychological horror film Machination has now landed on major streaming platform Amazon Prime Video in the US and UK.
We are excited by this as Amazon has great reach and puts the film in front of millions of potential people. Blu-ray and DVD copies of Machination, featuring behind the scenes interviews and footage, are also available to buy for the collectors out there.
Check our further viewing options on the Machination page here.
Steffi Thake in Machination.
Tubi Picks up Nexus Production Groups' Indie Psychological Thriller Machination
After being released through Vimeo on Demand, followed by Blu-ray and DVD though Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Walmart, MACHINATION is now available to stream free on TUBI.
Currently available in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Australia, Tubi can be accessed on a wide range of devices. Tubi gives fans of films and television programs an easy way to discover new content that is available completely free.
To watch MACHINATION now click here. If you enjoy it, tell your friends and share the link!
MACHINATION DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASE, PLUS SILVER AWARD FOR STEFFI THAKE
It’s official… Machination is available in DVD & Blu-Ray format through Amazon and Walmart. The collectors format is a must have and from July 7th the format is also available through Barnes and Noble.
To add to the celebration, our lead actor Steffi Thake was given a silver award winner certificate for her realistically anxious performance as Maria at The "Best Actor & Director Awards – New York”
See what all the fuss is about and watch Machination today by ordering your copy through the above retailers by clicking here.
Machination Released Worldwide Today
Our latest feature film Machination, a psychological horror is best described as claustrophobic, intense — a sharp, spiralling thriller about the consequences of breathing in constant fear.
Machination was shot in Mgarr Malta and led by local talent Steffi Thake. Steffi dishes out a gripping performance as an anxious and damaged woman, a role that sees her leading the film for at least ninety percent of the runtime.
It’s a thrill to finally be releasing Machination and we have chosen to release directly, worldwide though our Vimeo On Demand channel to kick things off for the film.
Other platforms to be announced shortly.
Machination Release Date Set, Trailer Released
We're super excited to announce that our latest feature film, psychological horror/drama Machination, will launch worldwide on May 20th!
Early this week we had the trailer released as an exclusive through ComingSoon.
Machination will stream first on our Vimeo On Demand page, before expanding to additional platforms. Pre-Orders are now available.
Click the link above to watch the trailer, another exclusive, plus place a pre-order today to be one of the first to watch Machination on May 20th.
A dark film exploring the affect the pandemic has had on mental health, Machination is claustrophobic, intense, and led by a gripping performance by Steffi Thake. It is a sharp, spiralling thriller about the consequences of breathing in constant fear.
It's reassuring to know that the hardworking team from October Coast PR, who we worked closely with on In Corpore, are again onboard to send the word out about Machination. This is a different film for us regarding genre, so we can't wait to see what transpires.
Stream Machination first on our Vimeo On Demand page. Pre-Orders are now available.
Machination Picture Lock
We are pleased to say we have reached picture lock on our psychological horror / drama Machination. The film goes into sound design and colour grading now and we are thrilled to collaborate once again with Gerard Mack and Chris Tomkins respectively.
Gerard is a Melbourne based sound designer and composer who is our go-to man for all things sound. We have worked with him previously on In Corpore, Friends, Foes & Fireworks, Choir Girl and more and we are always impressed by the results.
Chris is also from Melbourne, an expert in colour grading, and another past collaborator on Friends, Foes & Fireworks. With both Chris and Gerard we know post production on Machination is in good hands.
We remain on track to release the film later this year. Stay tuned for more updates.
New Micro-Budget Filmmaking Course!
We are excited to release our latest course Make a Micro-Budget Feature Film in Four Months.
Detailing how we made our psychological horror / drama Machination from concept to wrap in four months on a micro-budget of €6000, during a pandemic, with a crew of three for the majority of the shoot, we genuinely feel this is our best and most comprehensive course yet. We love what we do, and we love sharing what we learn with other filmmakers so they can do the same.
So if you're interested in speeding up the time you spend developing and shooting your feature film so you can produce even more films, faster, then this course is designed for you. Make a Micro-Budget Feature Film in Four Months is available through Udemy right now. Check it out here.
Machination Dreaming
Last weekend we did a short pick-up shoot for our psychological drama / horror Machination, adding more characters to the story and more surreal dream scenes, including this stunning aerial shot (below) of Steffi Thake as Maria floating in the sea.
It was a great day on set, and these new scenes add extra depth to the edit, which is nearing picture lock. We can’t wait to bring Machination to you later this year.
Psychological Drama Wraps after Second Week of Production
If week one of filming Machination was a whirlwind, then week two was a hurricane with over 2kgs of worms, blood, moody neon lights, night shoots, early mornings finales and some wicked acting. But damn straight we had the best sleep deprived time of our lives in the process and came out the other end with a treasured film experience to add to our already unforgettable 2020.
Machination took four months of our lives to get from the outline writing to the wrap and we did it all with a minimal crew of no more than six on larger days and just a key cast of four people and had Maltese actor Steffi Thake featuring in 99% of the full-length feature. For those interested in our filmmaking process read how Ivan’s article From Writing to Wrap: Making a Feature in Four Months here.
After 10 days of filming Machination, we wrapped at Selmun Bay around 7am! Picture: Creative Creep Brand
Steffi may have had most of the screen time since the film is about her character Maria and her downward spiral as she deals with mental illness and her past demons during a global pandemic, but Steffi handled it like a champion. The lead actors performance was moving and sad to watch, at times her situation and reaction to what was happening around her was relatable, other times the absurdity of the situation bordered on dark humour.
So now Machination is now in the ‘to edit’ bucket, a task that Ivan Malekin will start taking on in the coming week, while also editing our documentary Cats of Malta simultaneously.
If you want to know more about Machination go to the films official page here and join our Creatively Connected Newsletter for news about the film exclusively here.
Machination Week 1 Done
Our latest feature Machination has just wrapped Week one of production. It’s a two week shoot, but we now have a week off to recover and rest for a moment before planning and prep begins for Production Week two. Machination is about a woman battling the monsters in her head during a global pandemic and stars Steffi Thake as Maria. If the first weeks rushes are anything to go by, it will be a very powerful performance.
We are thrilled with the results so far and grateful to the small but dedicated team helping us to make this film happen during a real pandemic here in Malta, part of the worldly global pandemic which inspired the writing of the Machination story. It may seem like a timely film, but it’s story more than what you see on the surface - it’s story about a woman battling mental illness, facing here past demons and how the two meet to break the human spirit.
Mental illness is a topic we need to talk more openly about as the monsters in people’s minds can be life threatening, and any event that is large and out of our control, spurred on by heightened media can feed anxiety and trigger symptoms for a sufferer. Sometimes with devastating results.
The beautiful thing about working so closely with Steffi in the improvised process from conception stage, from the very first story outline (that was more focused on the absurdity of conspiracy theories and the media hype surrounding such theorists views which emerged through the pandemic here in Malta), is that together, through research and advice from psychological professionals, the story of Maria and the monsters she is battling became more of the character piece we are interested in and can relate to. A big step away from the genre horror film we had originally envisioned, which we honestly were not sure we wanted to make.
The Machination we are filming now is relatable, it could happen to you or me and it’s a character study of a woman who, throughout a pandemic outbreak is being pushed to her mental limit due to the reality she has created in her mind.
